China leads in GPS-style, reconnaissance and anti-satellite abilities, US report says
China has leapfrogged the United States in a few mighty important sectors of space technologies: GPS-style navigation, spy-in-the-sky…
Will the future world order be determined by who controls low Earth orbit?
When US special forces raided Caracas and abducted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife in early January, the…
Landspace secures launch contracts for China’s megaconstellation projects
HELSINKI — Commercial launch startup Landspace has secured formal contracts to launch satellites for China’s two main megaconstellation…
Space pull system: China’s industrial revolution to make rockets and satellites like cars
This emerging system aims to mass-produce space systems not just quickly but with consistent quality, lower cost and…
China targeting Musk’s Starlink with low-orbit satellite drive
China is pressing ahead with low-orbit satellite clusters as regulators lay out a framework to accelerate the technology’s…
From mining to tourism, space ambitions of China’s Guangdong rival those of Elon Musk
South China’s Guangdong province has announced its ambition to join the country’s commercial space sector race, promising financial…
China’s rocket shortage means it may have to pick a favoured candidate to take on Starlink
As China scrambles to build massive internet networks in space to rival Starlink, a growing divide is quietly…